Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Railroad works elsewhere
For 6% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Railroad report 7 jobs; 90 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Railroad; the top destination outside it is Cockeysville (8%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Railroad
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Railroad on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Railroad commutes to
Where Railroad clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Railroad
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Railroad, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Railroad’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Railroad spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Railroad workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Railroad, by distance
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Railroad and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Shrewsbury Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Railroad workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad | – | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Shrewsbury Township | 3% | A− | C | 31 min | $117,399 |
| New Freedom | 2% | A | B− | 34 min | $120,037 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Railroad’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Railroad: questions
What is the poverty rate in Railroad?
15.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Railroad?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Railroad work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cockeysville (8%, 20 mi), Shrewsbury (6%, 1 mi), Towson (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Railroad without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Railroad, from the people who make the trip.
More of Railroad
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.